North Korea celebrates 60th anniversary - 08 Sep 08

[mickmorine]

the only that looks more absurd than goose stepping soldiers is goose stepping women.

[RussiaDV]

North Korea - USSR

[Maverick110290]

March here, march there, everywhere march march...

Can´t people live in peace?

All the time some little fat pig is yelling into microphone and old speakers are braking the sound.

The most logical thing to do is to put a bullet through kim´s head.

[popspie]

i wanna visit n korea before it becomes infected by capitalism. the only place left after that is cuba!

[wjgest85]

na·tion·al·ism: #2 The belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than international goals.

I think they wrote that definition for North Korea.

[HistoryBuff75]

It is a Stalinist state.

[cyrussar]

damn ! i cant live there .. theres no mcdonalds!! ahahaha

[princeKaitou1412]

dude.. that only 1 of thousand things they dont have they XD

[sean890z]

@cyrussar Theres nothing.

[pbturkey2]

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow...

[M1A1PanzerX]

In North Korea, you have more economic freedom, but less politicle freedom.

[princeKaitou1412]

yeah freedom.. free to shot hu ever he wants ahaha..

[seyoun1994]

I hope peace in korea....

[sdcazares1980]

I'm glad that Al-Jazeera did an extensive report on this because you won't get this kind of coverage on American TV (for diplomatic reasons).

[h8s2]

That's for sure.

[rodneyjohnwoods]

they are better than the fucking yank scum,nice people indeed

[szanzooka]

sad, very sad..

[raymondleeleggs]

Assasinate kim jong il

[robertemmet04]

UP THE GREAT LEADER

[alus22]

north korea

the super nation of the world

usa-nation of wimps

[taichiangel]

Didn't you mean North Korea= the nation of having nothing & USA= the nation on having plenty. How can a nation of millions who die everyday of starvation believe that the USA wants anything from them? The dictator is CRAZY!!! he needs some Prozac.

[cbradley1391]

lol super nation of the world? then why are they cut off from the world and not intoract with the world? why havent they conqured the world yet?

[muffles12]

no no not it means south and north must join together in paece .

[muffles12]

they want to reunited two korea again

[god2k7]

Fuck these cunts. all the north korean leader wants is a fight and is trying to make our governments scared of his.

They shooldnt even waste time with this little weesal they should just go nuke the cunts and no other country will fuk with the americans or brits again.

[SpiritofKarate]

its not that easy if you nuke N-Korea you will also kill ALOT of inicent North-Koreans

[alpha2470]

lol, you are a funny prick man!

[SpiritofKarate]

WO III is coming its true its true why do you think Obama wants peace in the middle east much faster amerika connot win on 2 fronts impossible if north-korea declares war against south-korea amerika and NATO wil help south-korea and then russia and china wil help north-korea WO III is coming prepare

[jrrydha]

what does WO STAND FOR???? i hope u don't mean world war

[Demonsion4th]

And how would you prepare, dear sir?

[wolflame]

Tenho fé que esse tirano filha da puta vai receber de presente um Tomahawk nuclear direto em sua cabeça , e destruir a corja de bandidos que o acompanha...

[BoomerNavy70]

They have money to put on shows but they do not have enough to feed their own people.

This government has seen its end. It will be destroyed from within by its own people and all the world has to do is sit back and watch when it happens.

There will be an uprising of the most catastrophic proportions. The people will rise up as one entity and break the chains of their oppressors.

We shall see the day when illiterate dictators such as Kim Jong will meet their demise and their evil reward

[mrfetchfetish]

Starving people who belive their leader is the best in the world, and teir late president a god doing a rebellion against the 4th largest army in the world?

Maybe something will happen when the leader dies, but i doubt it

[anneeq008]

this guy and his father were allowed to carry on starving their people, and themselves admit to having weapons of mass destruction, ie nukes.

whereas iran used to always get threatened to be 'obliterated' (hilary clinton) and iraq even gets invaded and their government ousted!! what double standards!!!!

[crunkatron5000]

hello bitches

[misterelsh]

Looks like a lot of fun. I want to visit someday.

[okimacritic2]

can we plz just press the button a couple times and shut them up under a cloud of raioactivity i mean really all they want is attention well lets give it to them as well as radioactivity

[barbsadoll10]

What a lovely comparison... Obama's coronation is not much different than I just viewed. LOL, the cult of personality and people voted like they vote on "America's Got Talent" or "American Idol"... what fools!!

[kentamitchell]

At noon EST January 20,2011, Obama will either be sworn in for a second term, or he'll be reentering private life. KJI is in power for life- just like his father, just like his son.

[kat1989]

This is the most evil government on this planet, sorry to sound like George Bush here but just do a bit a research and educate yourself about what goes on in this country, about what man's mind must become to survive in this utterly dystopian place...read 1984, and realise its no longer entirely a work of fiction...we have a moral responsibility to destroy this government

[imalreadytooperfect]

How are they (the north koreans) suppose to know about the world? No trade agreement with any other countries, no knowledge of any other countries. This is a country been left behind while the whole world is ahead of everything. How are the North Korean society suppose to know what goes on in the world. Destroy communism. This country deserves freedom like the rest of the countries in the world. One hell of a messed up country.

[nicyolo]

Communism is not about suppression of freedom.

[imalreadytooperfect]

Then NK should change it's ways and change it to freedom like the rest of the countries have.

[nicyolo]

That cannot happen immediately..

I can explain to you.. just message me..

[trigga1uk]

very true. Many countries tend to go mental after suppresive regimes fall. But the mental state of north koreans its hard to know how they will react.

[nicyolo]

Since the establishment of DPRK. Kim ilsung

set on poster depicting N.Korea's glory and creating a personality cult that is drilled through North Korean people's mind. and then creating a 60 decade of people under a propaganda.. JUST IMAGINE THAT.. Unlike in example.. Philippines.. Dictator Marcos

didnt have that kind of personality cult

and military control and complete allegiance

60% turn their backs.. in DPRK.. that not likely gonna so happen in a hundred years..

unless govt collapses.

[nicyolo]

CORRECTION---> not 60 decade.. 6 only

[trigga1uk]

its the only way you can make it work. People have to give up their own achievements for the good of the state and everyone. And oppresion is the only way to make it happen.

[NickyAmerica]

@nicyolo But thats what happens.

[reallysecretusername]

@nicyolo yes it is. suppression of freedom by not allowing you to own property or business.

[oresund21]

North koreans,

Poland & rest of East Europe has broken communism, you will do the same! ..same day,

just be strong and say NO MORE to the party!

[plasma890]

The only North Koreans against communism have already left North Korea or are trying to. They are too brainwashed by the state to know about what it is really like in the world. And if any rebellion of some sorts happened, the military wouldn't be afraid to put them down.

[horselee]

God Save North Korea

[brokensocialism]

奴隶制(共产主义)，奴隶主(共产党)拥有奴隶(人民)的制度。­奴隶(人民)须为奴隶主(共产党)干活，无报酬，且无人身自由。­法律确认奴隶为奴隶主的私有财产，共产主义跟奴隶制也一样，国家­所有财产归共产党。人民跟本不可能享受自己生产所得的回报。奴隶­主(共产党)对奴隶(人民)握有生杀予夺的权力，可随意奴役、杀­害。奴隶(人民)没有独立的人格，没有任何自由和权利。

[brokensocialism]

共产主义及社会主义是注定失败!现在全世界只有五个名字叫共产主­义国家的国家.有多少个正在搞资本主义呢?大家心照明白!在共产­国家的人民.个个做牛做马.共产党的幹部就大鱼大肉.当年毛泽东­的肚子那麽大.中国人民个个都骨瘦如柴. 大家心里就明白了.西方的共产主义和社会主义是不适合中国的!中­国共产党应该取消共党专政! 中国才有希望! 人权! 民主! 自由! 平等!

[nicyolo]

yeah.

[mangarda]

That may be true. But what good is being able to read, if all you have to read is communist propaganda?

[Tilinia]

LOL! "Yay North Korea" You guys are utterly stupid!

 THIS COUNTRY IS

MESSED UP AND YOUR CHEERING FOR IT?

Your messed up if you are.

[HK379]

you are the mesesed  up one.

[carloextreme]

hahaha they are really messed up!

[jhops89]

up hold the party ideals

[fureeku]

북한은 어리석다.

[poopytubester]

shut the fuck up

[fureeku]

it actually worked! i was testing my korean..why are you getting all worked up by this?? it's not like you're north korean..i bet you're one of those who can't write a sentence without squeezing in a swear word somewhere..

[joreen316]

too bad kim wasnt there

[mfroec]

2009 = 1989 = Korea Reunification. I bet!

[MetallicaSk8boi]

Of all people,Kim jong il was not there.

[dyzher]

lolz poor people...

[benlisquare]

Yes, ROK is well-fed, but the DPRK has the higher literacy rate. Books over food, my friend.

[McHrozni]

ROK has a literacy rate of over 97%. Literacy in the DPRK can not be significantly better :)

[benlisquare]

Yes it can - 2006 census "shows" (more like "claims") that literacy rate in the DPRK is 98.7% (however I find the credibility of DPRK unsure :P). Note that they don't use Hanja in DPRK (like in ROK), they only use Hangul.

[McHrozni]

That's why I used the qualifier "significantly" :)

[benlisquare]

its becuase the "hangul" script koreans use is very simple and easy to learn.

[McHrozni]

I read it's about 10 times larger than contemporary western alphabets. It may be relatively simple as far as asiatic alphabets are concerned, but it is still extremely complex compared to, say latin alphabet and it's derivates. :)

Your point is valid, of course - it is more difficult to be considerd literate in South Korea than in North Korea.

[benlisquare]

not really that much, just wiki for "hangul". :D

[McHrozni]

I did just that :)

The article is a bit confused. It's unclear if it's talking about several sets of characters which perform the same functions (i.e. different alphabets), or are all needed to read and write Korean. If it's the latter it really isn't all that complex.

[dsdjohn1]

Agreed a puppet.....well puppet? America control South Korea as a puppet? We students are controlled by Teacher is that a puppet or teaching and helping the best they can? South korea is a puppet or being help at it best? w/e you call it, being a puppet can be alright. (as in there is mistake/problems).

[troublemaker1973]

Quite a boring report from Mark Seddon

[harrison28514]

I Love North Korea!

[wabdinur]

"The hammer always wins...." That's all colonial era thinking. Look at the poor and backward countries that have put up a stiff resistance to your wars after WW II.

[TruongTrieu]

I like North Korea way, unlike South Korea government are just American puppets.

[monkeypeopleofearth]

correction--South Korea is WEALTHY, FREE, WELL-FED, CAPITALIST, American puppets

[EyesoreII]

The jury's still out on whether Kim Jong Il is still alive, all of you need to stop asserting one or the other.

[wabdinur]

When you are a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

[TheUnforgivingOne]

hmmm none of you people know what its like in North Korea...you have to see it for yourself... but i hope they pull through and become a powerful nation all in one.....the army is strong the people are not

[santan25]

Woot North Korea !

[inachu]

Korean girls north or south are very pretty!

[chrispdogg]

Dear leader, we praise you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheSuperiorAsianRace]

NUKE'EM??? tipical jealous white bitch...

they should nuke america

[jakob0815]

they should get the olympics too! what about pyongyang 2016? lol

[erewhile]

Good idea but probably there'll be a tough competition between Pyongyang and Chicago, in terms of human right record.

[notscooter952]

...and did anyone catch the name of the book that man was holding up?

[Organjic]

"Socialism is Great!"

[notscooter952]

thanks.

[notscooter952]

In my highschool years, I did ongoing studies of North Korea and the Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung Personality cults. The human rights issues are friggin ridiculous. Their political ideology is called "Juche" which roughly translated means the spirit of self-reliance. ...which, I don't think I need to explain why, is extremely ironic.

God bless the people of North Korea for their endurance.

[inachu]

they say he is now dead.....

[notscooter952]

Kim Il-Sung died awhile ago. Kim Jong-Il is still alive.

[7boon]

Some people say that Kim Jong Il died in 2003 and there are a few doubles that stand in for him.

That's because there's no clear successor. His eldest son was caught with a fake passport entering Japan planning to visit Tokyo Disneyland. Now he's a playboy in Macau.

[Gramra]

Who's taking over when he dies?

BTW, the reporter guy was in his hotel room..Because if he tried to interview anyone out and about he would get arrested.

[notscooter952]

Not sure. I think he's got a couple of children though. If none of them take over, odds are it might just be people appointed by various government officials, and will become more or less like China.

[nicyolo]

he would prolly chose one of his sons..

[ACTORnSCREENWRITER]

Man, N.Korea reminds me of a 24hr DisneyLand for 1 kid, who's birthday is everyday!

[BabylonianSage]

LOL, well said.

[Steadno]

Sick and twisted!